>>1521
Fertile as shit.
>The Bengal Cat personality is drawn from its domestic cat parentage. Despite its wild ancestry, the Bengal is an affectionate, sociable breed. This is provided that they are separated by at least 3 generations from the original crossing between a domestic and Asian Leopard Cat. Closer generations, 1st through 3rd generations, are considered "filial" and are used for breeding and specialized pet environments and are not considered domestic pet cats. The 4th generation and later Bengals are social, extroverted cats that love human companionship and like being part of whatever's going on.
Same goes with Savannah cats, the hybrids between cat and serval.
>>1522
>Yeah I always thought different species by definition couldn't reproduce. Otherwise I fail to see the need for a distinction between species and subspecies.
A common mistake is to believe taxonomy is a hard science. It's really more of a wobbly catalog that's being constantly debated by dudes with wildly different angles and domains of expertise.
Originally it was mostly based on compared anatomy of skeletons. In modern times it's more dictated through molecular genetics, which is pretty much the exact opposite angle since we've gone from distinguishing phenotypes to genotypes.
And then there's the whole shitshow with the subspecies. Pretty much nobody agrees on what a subspecies is, exactly, and I'm pretty sure a lot of it is political. All the types of cat (felis catus or felis silvestris catus ? Science pretty much tells you "heh, pick one I guess".), nigger and human are supposed to be the same subspecies, but then you have shit like Rockhopper penguins, which, I quote :
>Southern Rockhopper penguins are split into two subspecies and they are defined by their location of reproduction.
And then there's a current debate about some mosquitoes in the London subway evolving to adapt to its specific climate and they're being called an entire new species by some.
So while I don't really understand the mechanics between interspecies hybrids, I at least know for sure taxonomy isn't primarily concerned with it, to say the least.